Deportation of migrants across the East African Community member states has caused a stir, with complaints that the crackdown contravenes the protocol that promotes free movement of people and labour within the bloc.

A team of Qatari cyclists has had a successful run during its fourth consecutive participation in the Global Biking Initiative (GBI) Europe initiative, which kicked off in Sweden last week and covered a distance of 750km - passing through Denmark and ending in Hamburg, Germany.

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea announced on Sunday they would re-open their embassies, hailing a stunningly swift rapprochement between bitter regional enemies at their first summit since a war two decades ago.